Sunday, March 11, 2012

thirty day thread: days ten and eleven

So as my first project after a brief hiatus, I decided to tackle some baby bibs thanks to a great tutorial I found on pinterest.

It was a great tutorial except for the fact that my understanding of the project was a little off. I had envisioned trimming the entire bib in bias tape but that is not what the instructions actually said. Some improvisation was in order, which is a little scary considering my novice-ness (is that a word?).

Long story short, it took me about two hours to make this creation:

It was so, SO hard for me to figure out how to sew the bias tape around the edge. I had it all pinned but things went askew from time to time. I also had threaded the bobbin wrong causing some weirdness. It was so late by the time I was done I decided to save the other bib for the next day.

The next night I stayed a little closer to the tutorial directions. It went a little more smoothly. I still had trouble with the bobbin which, unfortunately, I did not fix until the end. Oh well. Here is my second little bib, made from an old flannel pillowcase:

The pocket part is made from the side of the pillowcase which had some pretty little eyelet designs. In case you're wondering why I made girly bibs, these are intended to be gifted to a friend who recently had a baby girl and loves vintage-y and not too girly designs. I thought these would work. I am finding out more and more what a perfectionist I actually am because the flaws in these projects makes me not want to give them away. My husband urges me to do so anyway, so I am trying to get over it!

For day twelve I want to finish up the last bib - I wanted to make a set of three. Hopefully it will all come together really well. Three's a charm, right!?